A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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"We are deeply aware that no one can fight COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 on their own. The industry is all in."
Also, the CDC published data pointing to community spread no earlier than late January.
Death rates were 13% and 28% in the 2 studies, with 1 study showing cancer treatment not tied to higher risk.
The first major study of diabetics hospitalized with COVID-19 shows more than 1 in 10 die within 7 days of admission, and about 1 in 5 is intubated within 1 week. The study appears today in Diabetologia.
US cases top 1.7 million, and Washington state patients are now trending younger.
Ventilation, filtration, disinfection, and avoidance of air recirculation are possible steps.
Brazil's surge shows no sign of slowing, with more than 20,000 new cases.
Yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine a study of Louisiana COVID-19 patients showed major racial and ethnic differences in both hospitalization rates and in-hospital deaths.
An international study found similar results with either a 5-day or 10-day course of the antiviral drug.
Also, a new poll shows only about half of Americans saying yes to a vaccine once it's available.
